Forgetting souls: Lyotard, Adorno, and the Trope of the Jew
In this article, I engage in a criticism of Jean François Lyotard's tropological approach to Judaism, arguing that his articulation of the "the jew" as figural projection serves to establish and rigidify a number of freighted binaries such as those between reason and myth, philosophy...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2018]
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| In: |
Critical research on religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-68 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Lyotard, Jean-François 1924-1998
/ Judaism
/ Figurative language
/ Contrast
/ Adorno, Theodor W. 1903-1969
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism BH Judaism |
| Further subjects: | B
Theodor Adorno
B Jean Francois Lyotard B Antisemitism B Jewish Tropes |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Resolving-System) |
| Summary: | In this article, I engage in a criticism of Jean François Lyotard's tropological approach to Judaism, arguing that his articulation of the "the jew" as figural projection serves to establish and rigidify a number of freighted binaries such as those between reason and myth, philosophy and theology, and modern and postmodern. In comparison, I posit Theodor Adorno's approach to tropes of Judaism as one which encompasses Lyotard's productive emphases on the role of forgetting in subject formation while loosening these same binaries. |
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| ISSN: | 2050-3040 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Critical research on religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/2050303217732132 |
